Friday, 15 June 2012

Deze top maakte ik voor de quiltwinkel de Sampler in Haarlem, waar ik werk. Morgen is het open huis in de winkel. Best spannend en gezellig om dan te werken vind ik. Er is een hoop te zien, zoals het nieuwe cursusprogramma en lesgeefsters. Ook korting op de stoffen en nog meer verassingen. Je kan het lezen op de website .
Het was leuk om deze ster te maken en nog best veel werk om de zandlopertjes zo netjes te naaien dat ze allemaal goed op maat waren.This quilttop is made for the de Sampler, de quiltshop where I work. Tomorrow it's a special day. It is 'open house' . There is a lot to see like the new courses, workshops and a lot of the teachers are there. It is exciting to work than I think. There are also discounts on fabrics and a lot more. On the website is all the information.It was fun to make the star in the middle. The small blocks were a bit more difficult to make because they have to be excactly the same size.

This is a blue and white miniquilt made from a 'disappearing ninepatch'. This one is for the shop and already in the Sampler. You can buy the fabric in a small bundle. There are 15 pieces of 20 x 20 cm in the bundle and you need 15 cm dark blue fabric as well. You get the pattern I wrote, when you buy a bundle of fabrics. It was a nice little quilt to make and measures ~60 x 60 cm.

The back of the quilt is on the left picture. In the middle scraps of what was left. You can also see my little blue and white bear. He is always in my bedroom. I made him some years ago from my own pattern.

My secondhand sewingbox is ready! It is painted and inside are pieces of dotted plastic. Just like my daughter I sometimes like to visit a secondhand store. You will never know what you will find there!

A while ago I promised Margreet to show my crocheted throws on my blog. Here they are: On top a very firm small on: 1.40cm by 1.40cm. It stays in good shape. I found this one on a 'vide grenier' (flee market) in 'Luc en Diois' in France.

This bedspread is knitted and measures 1.80cm by 2.00cm. The coton is very soft. It is made round 1950 and has been used on a bed for 50 years . The second wife of my father in law just gave it to me but I had to promise that it would be used and she first asked me if I liked it. Well I like it very much and it will be treasured.

This bedspread consists of long strips and looks just like lace from close-up. It measures 2.00cm by 1.80cm. I really look up to people who make these things: so big, all in the same color and mostly the same stitch....

Thank you for helping me decide what to do with the border! I chose to make an extra border out of brown, extra square blocks and than later the light pieces on the outside. Than I have to make an extra border of prbably darker fabric. So there is still a lot of work to do...

All the blocks are jonied together and finished it in yesterday evening! The next problem is the border. At first I thought about finishing the top with the brown fabric of the little squares and applique the points on that border. Now I was thinking of making extra 8 pieces blocks of squares ( 16 in total) and a lot of extra little brown squares. Than finish ist again with light diamonds again. Alot of work extra but maybe nicer?Have been thinking about this since yesterday evening and maybe this whole monday too...What do you think?psI just had a peek at Kellie 's blog. It looks as if she makes things without a lot of thinking. Sort of a liberated way of working!

Remember this top?I wrote about it here . My daughter made this one and started her own weblog ! I bet she is waiting for someone to take a visit at her blog ;) She is still in Brighton (England) so now we can follow each others work from a distance, that would be nice wouldn't it?!

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Welcome to my blog. Here I'd like to share my progress in the quilts and projects I sew. I'm interested in many styles and new techniques. Besides the sewing you'll find pictures of other creativeness, my dachshund, nature and places of Interest.